The Modern Conjurer

1937 edition used
Book
1902
Written by Charles Lang Neil
Work of Various
416 pages (Hardcover), published by David Kemp & Company
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
128 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Charles Bertram Introduction 13
Charles Lang Neil The Principles of Natural Magic 19
Charles Lang Neil Manner and Gesture 23
Charles Lang Neil The Conjurer's Clothes for men & for ladies
 		27
Charles Lang Neil The Wand general comments
 		29
Charles Lang Neil The Table general comments
 		31
Charles Bertram The Two Handed Pass Charles Bertram's Method, "...it is the basis of, or used in, almost every card trick which requires any sleight of hand"
Related to
 35
Charlier, Charles Bertram The One-Hand Pass Charles Bertram's Methods "after he had learnt the pass from Charlier himself"
 		38
Charles Bertram The Palm - A New and Perfectly Deceptive Method 40
Handing Pack for Shuffling with palmed cards
 		44
To Palm Cards from Bottom of Pack 45
The Back and Front of Hand Continuous Palm with Cards 46
Henri De Manche To Make a False Shuffle back and front throw, lift shuffle, three handlings
  • First Method of False Shuffle (top half)
  • Second Method False Shuffle (top and bottom stock)
  • Third Method False Shuffle (full deck, back-and-front with optical elements)
Also published here
Related to
 51
To Force a Card with strategy if force fails
 		55
The "Change" 57
Dealing Seconds 59
Dealing Second Card from Bottom of Pack glide
 		60
To Change the Front Card of Pack 62
L. Graham Lewis To Tell the Card at which any Members of the Audience May Cut a Pack people cut off small piles, bottom cards divined, stack
 		67
Top Card Glimpse 68
Mademoiselle Patrice Catching Two Chosen Cards from a Pack Thrown into the Air friction toss
 		69
L. Graham Lewis Novel Discovery of a Chosen Card table with deck on top tilted, only selection remains on table, thread with wax
 		71
To Shake a Chosen Card Through a Handkerchief 73
Paul Valadon Some Manipulations with Cards 79
Paul Valadon Fake Transfer of Packet 80
Paul Valadon Bent in Half Palm from classic palm position
 		81
Charles Bertram Passing Twelve Cards up Sleeve into Pocket 83
Little Finger Riffle or third finger
 		87
Snapping Sound False Count six as seven in example
 		89
Charles Bertram The Diminishing Cards gaffed set
 		92
Back Palming and Recovery of Four Cards one by one, with upright metal rod, with four clips to display the four cards
 		97
Mademoiselle Patrice Discovering a Card Shuffled into Pack Blindfolded 102
Henri De Manche The Three-Card Trick slowly without throw, extra card
 		107
Henri De Manche Bottom Palm from Small Packet very brief
 		110
The Rising Card Trick assistant
 		113
Howard Thurston The "Thurston" Rising Cards card floats into hand, two methods (with or without reel)
 		119
Charles Bertram The Four-Ace Trick for more details see reference
Related to
 124
Charles Bertram Cards to Spectator's Pocket load when extracting another card
 		125
Mademoiselle Patrice To Pass Several Cards from one Person's Pocket to that of Another 133
To Palm a Coin classic palm with tips and covers
 		141
The Pass with a Coin 143
T. Nelson Downs The Back and Front Palm T. Nelson Downs' Continuous Method
 		144
Finger Clip, Thumb Clip 147
The French Drop, or Tourniquet 152
Henri De Manche To Change a Coin one-handed
Related to
 153
Friedrich Wilhelm Frikell Frikell Thumb Palm 154
Frank Kennard To Extract a Marked Coin from a Handkerchief Gypsy Switch handling
Related to
 159
L. Graham Lewis The Cap and Pence with small die and paper cap
 		163
A Coin Wrapped in Paper Disappears
Related to
 168
T. Nelson Downs To Pass Ten Coins Held in Left Hand into a Glass Held in Right Hand at Arm's Length 172
T. Nelson Downs Multiple Coin Click Pass 173
Charles Bertram The Aerial Mint with hat
 		176
Charles Bertram The Cups and Balls 183
Method of Palming the Ball small ball
 		183
To Hold the Ball whilst conveying under Cups 184
Charles Bertram The Billard-Ball Trick 192
To Produce a Number of Real Hen's Eggs from a Handkerchief "not recommended for ladies", using handkerchief with threaded egg
Also published here
 203
Frank Kennard The Sun and Moon Trick with Handkerchiefs centers cut out of two handkerchiefs, centers restored into wrong handkerchiefs, then fixed
Related to
 207
Charles Bertram, Mademoiselle Patrice The Handkerchiefs and Soup Plate travel to under plate, two methods for man or woman (Bertram & Patrice)
 		215
Frank Kennard The Watch, Handkerchief, and Glass borrowed watch smashed and vanishes from handkerchief in glass, then handkerchief and glass vanish, all reproduced from hat
 		220
Mademoiselle Patrice The Changing Handkerchiefs in tube
 		227
Frank Kennard The Mysteriously-Joined Handkerchiefs 20th century silks
 		231
Frank Kennard Pulley Vanish from Glass
Related to
 232
Mademoiselle Patrice The Chinese Rings
Also published here
Related to
 241
Coin in Card, Paper in Candle Trick marked coin travels into card, piece of paper into candle
Related to
Variations
 249
Frank Kennard The Mutilated Parasol 255
The Flag Trick tissue changes into many little flag, big flag finish
 		266
A Ring Passed on to Stick or Wand whilst both ends are held by Spectator 273
The Flower Trick spring flowers from paper twisted in cornucopia
 		275
Mademoiselle Patrice The Tambourine Trick anything from tambourine
 		280
Charles Lang Neil Parlour Tricks and Puzzles 287
The Two Corks puzzle
 		288
The Suspended Knife simple
 		289
The Safety Reading Lamp non-magic tip
 		289
To Balance and Spin a Plate on the Point of a Needle puzzle
 		290
A Bottle Cannon and Seidlitz Powder non-magical science experiment
 		290
Shark in the Fish-pond non-magical science experiment
 		291
A Novel and Quickly Constructed Soup Tureen Stand non-magic tip
 		292
To Take Two Corners of a Handkerchief, one in each Hand, and Tie a Know in it Without Removing either Hand 292
A Dodge with a Sixpence non-magical science experiment
 		293
Experiment with Corks non-magical science experiment
 		293
Pins into a Small Glass already Full of Water non-magical science experiment
 		294
Magnetised Paper non-magical science experiment
 		294
A Simple Coin Trick coin in broken match into bottle, non-magical science experiment
 		295
To Pick a Floating Indiarubber Ball up from a Basin of Water with the Mouth non-magical science experiment
 		295
The Home-Made Cinematograph non-magical science experiment
 		296
An Egg and Bottle Trick non-magical science experiment
Also published here
 297
To Place Four Wine-Glasses so that the Centres of the Bottom of their Stands are all Equidistant one from Another puzzle
 		297
To Pass Yourself through a Playing-Card non-magical stunt
 		298
Perpetual Motion non-magical science experiment
 		299
Housekeeper's Weighing-Machine non-magical tip
 		299
A Rather Dangerous Trick stunt
 		300
Atmospheric Pressure liquid remains in glass swung around, non-magical science experiment
 		301
To Lift Three Matches with One 301
A Cup of Tea on the Point of a Knife puzzle
 		302
To Palance a Lead Pencil puzzle
 		302
Brute Force Useless blowing cork in bottle, puzzle
 		303
A New Umbrella Stand non-magical science experiment
 		303
Electricity on the Spot non-magical science experiment
 		304
"Try-Your-Lung Power" blowing books over, puzzle
 		305
A Cheap Sprayer non-magical tip
 		305
Cardboard Figures Blow Out and Light a Candle non-magical science experiment
 		306
Superior to the Spirit Level non-magical science experiment
 		307
Objects Suspended Without any Support vacuum, non-magical science experiment
 		307
To Lift Four Straws with a Fifth puzzle
 		308
A Ludicrous Experiment in Balancing on chair, non-magical thing
 		308
Another Similar Feat non-magic balancing stunt
 		309
The Burnt Thread non-magical science experiment
 		310
Dancing Bubbles 310
To Bore a Hole Through a Coin with a Needle non-magical science experiment
 		311
How Water Deceives non-magical science experiment
 		312
A Novel Way to Slice a Pear non-magical science experiment
 		312
The Japanese Ball Trick stop ball on string
 		313
Magnetised Marionettes non-magical science experiment
 		314
A Bridge of Matches 314
To Empty a Glassful of Water with a Bottle also Full of Water non-magical science experiment
 		315
To Bore a Hole through a Pin with a Needle non-magical science experiment
 		315
Egg Spinning non-magical science experiment
Also published here
 316
To Suspend a Glass Full of Water non-magical science experiment
 		317
A Scissors Puzzle puzzle
 		317
The Travelling Egg non-magical science experiment
 		318
Charles Lang Neil The Art of Plate-Spinning eight pages, photographs of J. N. Maskelyne
 		319
Charles Lang Neil The Art of Chapeaugraphy or "Many Faces under One Hat", nineteen pages, photographs of Trewey
 		329
Charles Lang Neil The Art of Paper Folding trouble wit, 18 pages, photographs of Ellis Stanyon
 		351
Charles Lang Neil The Art of Shadowgraphy fourteen pages
 		371
Charles Lang Neil Some Useful Books on Conjuring and Kindred Arts 389
Charles Lang Neil Bibliography of Conjuring and Kindred Arts nineteen pages, with prices and estimation on prices
 		393
Charles Lang Neil Apparatus and Requisits for tricks described in the book, with prices
 		413
Data entered by Denis Behr, October 2013.